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Re: Ex-cyclone Evan near NZ, and Christmas Weather

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850mb analysis/temperatures for xmas day. As a very rough rule of thumb you add 15C to the 850mb tempertaure to get the possible maximum temperature.
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black looking to the south of me ...good solid rain belt through the north waikato at the moment
Auckland area though missing out at the moment
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jamie wrote:Yep still like 22 with 90+% humidity at 11.30pm. Glad there is no work tomorrow.
The low was a humid 20C here, we have missed the rain here so far.
As the flow turns more NE Ak will be more exposed to any precipitation. A rather humid week ahead but it looks like fresher weather will reach here by NewYear.
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NZstorm wrote:850mb analysis/temperatures for xmas day. As a very rough rule of thumb you add 15C to the 850mb tempertaure to get the possible maximum temperature.
Though the blustery NE and cloudiness is likely to limit us to 25 here I think... wonder how high the dewpoint might get though
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I see Jamie is getting good heavy rain now
the boundary between the low and the NE flow around the high to the east is getting more and more organised into a frontal line
looking like good rain bands developing that will move into east cape/gisborne
this low has not finished yet..might turn into a good rain make yet due to the conveyor belt of warm humid NE winds it has been dragging in for a few days now, around the top of the high to the east
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Manukau heads obs wrote:I see Jamie is getting good heavy rain now
yup its been very nice to wake up to. 13mm since 4am with some short very heavy falls in there
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And I have just been watering more of the garden this morning... !
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its teaming down again. really heavy! 17.4mm now and still pounding down

EDIT: now 20mm. Thats 10mm in the last hour. Perfect rain!
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Yes Jamie, your certainly in the heavy rain section.....

I have only had 5.4mm since midnight for comparison.
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26.7°C @ Hamilton AWS and 26.4°C here, DP @ a truly tropical 22°C peaking at 23.3°C, nice :D
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20-21C dewpoint here, thick cloud and fresh easterly keeping the temperature down though
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Odd bit of lightning activity coming from developing cell's just south of Rotorua just now. Good call by Metservice expanding the outlook.
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Just had a short burst of rain here 3.6mm. The first proper precip from this low.
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3mm here too. And the sun has just made an appearance! :)
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My NexStorm is having an error when uploading to the net. Its working on the computer fine but isnt uploading and hasnt since the 18th December. Does anyone know what Error 11 is?

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some good ammount of lightning coming from those cells to the north of lake taupo
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About 5mm of mostly drizzle here since early morn.

I see the central Coromandel's Pinnacles recorded about 180mm over the last 24 hrs, and about 120 mm a little further south at Golden Cross.
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Very torrential rain just north of taupo at the moment with a bit of thunder too
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Shows up well on the trackers/radar

A few mostly light showers here , very humid. Brighter weather here this afternoon.
Currently Metservice has Ak Central on 26C while Greylynn shows 23, dewpoint 21C
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Tortential rain drove through western bays taupo
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I think there might be some Dec records broken in the west of the North Island today, with temps around 29-30C in Port Taharoa, Taumarunui, New Plymouth, Wanganui and Paraparaumu.
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Thats some quite intense activity on the radars near Taranaki, do we not have anyone on here close to there?

It should be very humid here tomorrow with temperatures up around 27-29C depending on cloud cover, as there could also be some isolated showers too some heavy and thunderstorms more likly further north in the foothills i would think.
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Yes, looks like a thunder risk for the lower North Island, upper South Island later tomorrow due to high temperatures and the moisture.

The forecast sounding for Palmerston North shows a trigger temperature of around 28C for cb development.
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The humidity levels have been increasing in the last few hours with 74% in Culverden,but mines showing 64,the 19 deg temp ATM may not go a lot lower overnight.

This area is in the low risk of thunder storms zone Xmas day...and we have to be in CHCH, DAMM >_<
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Dewpoints been around 16-17 this afternoon/evening,high for here.
Looks a scorcher tomm!
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